By PHIL MULKINS Dear Action Line: As spray polyurethane foam helps homeowners qualify for energy saving tax credits and rebates, what are its attributes and applications? - M.K., Tulsa. "Spray polyurethane foam insulation provides many benefits, including lower energy costs...

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Tokyo, May 22 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Chubu Electric Power Co. are in talks on their joint construction of a coal-fired thermal power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, informed sources said Wednesday. This is a rare move in the Japanese power industry where...

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By YURI KAGEYAMA TOKYO - Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to...

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May 19--It's been more than a dozen years since the last uranium ore was mined in New Mexico, but a Canada-based company and a Japanese partner propose to break that spell soon. The U.S. Forest Service expects to close the comment period in mid-June on a draft...

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The World Bank said Friday that it's helping Haiti craft legislation for the impoverished nation's little-known mining industry. In a brief statement to The Associated Press, the bank said it's trying to support the Haitian government in its effort to develop the mining sector...

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